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It's almost like a full job interview process with many parts. Keeping details minimal because of NDA, I had 3 "rounds" including online assessment and video interviews.
Do you still have to go through interviews with clients? If so, how onerous are those?
Toptal.com. Pain in the ass evaluation process, but it's worthwhile to get through.
I heard a number of complains that Toptal is not worth the time investment anymore. Anybody of that opinion here?
Toptal.com. Pain in the ass evaluation process, but it's worthwhile to get through.
I interviewed there and they gave me a big project that would have taken several days to complete. Call me arrogant, but I couldn't work for free like that. Additionally all the interviewers were from extremely low cost of living countries, whereas I live in one of the highest cost of living areas in the US. I had the impression that you have to bid yourself down to catch work over there due to that discrepancy. Ther…
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It's almost like a full job interview process with many parts. Keeping details minimal because of NDA, I had 3 "rounds" including online assessment and video interviews.
Jeez. Which networks still exist that do not require this large upfront timesuck (regardless of how well it may filter candidates)?
to try to solve it (I enter my preferences and get notified when there’s a matching job.) It’s still a work in progress though.
Something I’ve found that works quite well is contacting developers I used to work with to see if they need any help.
Make sure it's something you really want to do since it may consume all of your free-time for weeks or months at a time. Don't be me.. Midway through my career I was given a golden opportunity to side-gig consult for a project that could have launched a consulting business. Instead, after an excellent presentation and client interest -- I laid out some numbers that were very high. You see, I had (and still have) a ve…
I can't speak to the project above, but typically starting with a smaller-scoped project at the original high rate is a good way for both sides to evaluate whether the relationship is working without a huge commitment.
Toptal.com. Pain in the ass evaluation process, but it's worthwhile to get through.
I heard a number of complains that Toptal is not worth the time investment anymore. Anybody of that opinion here?
Yes, the interview process is a bit long, but opportunities have been non-stop for several years in a row now.
Never an issue with pay, although it can border on 6 weeks in arrears due to billing cycles with the client and bi-weekly deposits from Toptal.
Side gigs don't really earn much. If you've got a friend that you've worked with before and they have a startup or something, ask for some peanuts amount of equity as an hands on advisor. It'll do more for your CV than 20 hour side gigs glueing some libraries together. Or pick a well known library / framework and contribute. Or rescue a "looking for [co-]maintainer" library out there.
I am curious about the impact of being an advisor on a CV. Could you share what it's done for you?
That said, the peak I've pulled down as a SRE is a total comp of CAD$600k a year and I'm presently a CTO of a barely-in-the-media startup.
I'm doing ok.